Name:

Aspidistra carinata Y.Wan & Xiao H.Lu – Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(2): 97. (1989).

Holotype:

China. Guangxi： Tian’e Xian, Cundong, 2. Nov. 1984, X.H. Lu 00298 (Holotype, GXSP).

Distribution:

China: Guangxi.

Phenology:

Flowers in November in nature.

Description

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protologue:

Rhizoma subteres，6–8mm diam.，dense nodosum squamatumque. Folia solitaria, 1.5–2 cm distantia; lamina oblanceolatolincari，58–70 cm longa, 3.5–4.3 cm lata，apice acuminata，basi attenuata，margine superne serrulata, utrinque flavo-albo-puuctata; petiolo 22–24 cm longo. Pedunculus 1–2 cm longus, 4-bracteatus; bracteis summis 2 flori contiguis, late ovatsi. 5–7mm longis，circ. 5mm latis，apice acutis，albis; floribus solitariis; perianthio urceolato，circ. 12 mm longo，8-lobato; lobis triangulari-oblongis， circ. 3mm longis basi circ. 1.5 mm latis, apice obtusis, intus carinis 2–3 longitudinalibus mamillatis ornatis， reflexis; tubo perianthii circ. 8mm longo, basi circ. 7 mm diam., intus extusque longitudinaliter carinato; staminibus 8，in parte tertia infera tubi affixis; filamentis inconspicuis; anthcris oblongis, 1.5 mm longis, 1 mm latis; pistillo circ. 7 mm longo; ovario conspicue inflato, longitudinaliter carinato; stylo articulato stigmate peltate dilatato, rotundo, circ. 4 mm diam., stamina conspicue superante, centro faciei superae convexo margine 8-lobato, lobis apice obtusis vel. truncatis revolutis.

Sourses:

Y.Wan & Xiao H.Lu (1989) – Bull. Bot. Res., 9(2): 97.

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